Enso: Rolls & Bowls

Interesting fast casual restaurant. Some good veggie choices for your bowl and they stir fry it to order. The choice of sauces is great (we tried the sweet thai chili). A bit pricy if you compare to chipotle but still reasonable.

fast, fresh, yummy

I will have to agree with the one stars went there twice it is so expensive for the little bowl that u get there stengy on the amount of veg u get not enough sauce they say because everything is home made thats why its so expensive I went bk a second time to see if it would be different or better but nope its the same they stick by there stengy rule. U will be very disappointed trust me youve been warned. And today its so slow that only one person cooks and one person waits on u so I wonder if its that slow the vegs and food thats seating out could not be moving that much fresh or not just a thought.

This place is great! Always fresh and delicious. Very clean and staff is friendly! They have a wonderful selection to make customizable sushi right in front of you. I love it. Don’t forget to get the wonton chips and wasabi hummus on the side. It’s to die for!

The Wasabi Hummus is my new addiction as are the Wonton Chips. I can’t speak for the sushi because it not for my taste, but it is worth stopping there just for the hummus. The bowls I enjoyed once, and they were good. It’s a cute clean little (hidden in a strip mall) restaurant. Friendly staff.

Just ok… Their selection of what you can put into your stir fry has gone downhill. The staff is always friendly and the wait time is mimimal.

The Chipotle of Asian food. But Chipotle is much better! Its a fast food concept for noodles, but the food itself isn’t very good and the price is high for what you are getting. Furthermore, the décor doesn’t match that concept. So neither the food or the environment is pleasing. We won’t be coming back.

Squeaky clean and modern décor but a limited make it up yourself menu. Amount of protein in your dish will be minimum. Good for a quick lunch if you’re not too hungry. Staff is friendly and helpful. Somewhat expensive for the amount of food you get.

Overall: Neat concept, but complete failure. The deal breaker was how expensive it was for possibly the worst meal I’ve ever had in my life. Save your money and tastebuds and head to the food court at the mall.
Food: We ordered 2 sushi rolls and a sushi bowl. The sushi rice and rice for the bowl was laughable. Zero flavor, gummy texture. I may as well have been eating mushy Minute rice. The meat portions were also terrible; there may have been one coffee spoonful worth of meat on each portion. Toppings also lacked flavor. About the only good thing was the pre-​bought bottle of Sriracha they had on the table! The food was so bad I had to drown it in Sriracha to make it edible. And the bill was well over $ 30.
Service: It was extremely awkward to watch the server fumble his way through making a sushi roll with shaking, indecisive hands. I almost wanted to go behind the counter and roll my own sushi roll.

Place is located in a strip mall but didn’t prejudge. It’s a very clean, modern looking inside with the cutest little statues of Buddha babies scattered throughout the place in different emotions making for interesting photo ops. Plenty of table seating and even a community bench where you can sit down next to someone and meet a friend.
Must highlight how awesome the staff was: Each and every individual seemed genuinely interested to help no matter what their role. Each pleasant and friendly including the manager who was right up in the front lines of serving the food.
So the gist of this place is like an Asian chipotle. Go down a row choosing which items you want to include in your entrée. First choice: do you want sushi roll or a bowl. I picked the bowl option. Then choose if you want rice versus noodles. Next choose proteins: shrimp, salmon, chicken etc. Then a variety of vegetables and lastly what kind of sauce you want this concoction to be sautéed in. My ultimate custom bowl was salmon sautéed with mushrooms, onions, broccoli in their namesake sauce (Enso sauce which I would describe as a soy sauce base with some spicy and sweet), atop brown rice with a side of some shredded crab.
The meal was good, wouldn’t venture to say outstanding. Unfortunately this is a far drive for me and the food was not worth the drive.

Tried this place for the first time today off a recommendation from my husband’s coworker.
We ordered a spicy tuna roll, he got a chicken rice bowl with general tso sauce and I had a beef noodle bowl with the enso sauce.
We liked the roll. Would give the roll a 3 star. The rice wasn’t sticky enough to keep itself together. The tuna was ok but definitely over priced for the quality. Especially with a amazing sushi place up the road I can get a higher quality roll for less.
Husband gave his rice bowl a 4 out of 5. Could have used more chicken and was very dry. Needed more sauce. What sauce there was, was good.
I would give my noodle bowl a 4 out of 5 as well. It was good, decent amount of beef and I felt like there was enough sauce. The udon noodles were very good, would recommend trying them.
The interior environment I would give a 5. Nice modern and clean feel. Love the openness to the kitchen. You get to see them cook your bowl which is always fun.

We were so excited about the concept when we first found out about Enso. We love Stir Crazy and BD Mongolian BBQ. But this place is truly awful. We have been here 4 times now, always ordered bowls, and each time has been awful. There’s a few major problems with this place.
1) the toppings suck, and they give you a minimal amount. No pineapple, corn, spinach, tomato, etc. very lacking in the toppings department. Asking for onion gives you about 4 little slices. After deciding that you’re done picking toppings, my bowl isn’t even ¹⁄₃ full. Very stingy.
2) the meat is terrible quality, and again a minimal amount. The chicken is like dry fake chicken shavings. Never more than literally a tablespoon or two.
3) not nearly enough sauce on the bowl. DRY. like SUPER DRY bowls after they put a teeny scoop on the top. They do not cook the meals in the sauce, a tiny amount is spooned on top. Not to mention the fact that tonight when we got our bowls, they put ginger salad dressing on by mistake instead of sweet and sour. It didn’t look right when I saw it and I asked if it was sweet and sour, she assured me it was. Well lo and behold when we got it home and tasted the red odd looking sauce it was obviously salad dressing and my husband had to drive all the way back to have them redo them.
Ultimately this place is terrible. We have been disappointed every single time but tonight is the last. Nobody is ever in there anymore. Such a disappointment for such a promising concept.

Participated in the Unilocal event here yesterday and was thoroughly happy with the experience. One major plus of enso is the staff. They were friendly, knowledgeable and fun. They not only helped me build a custom bowl, but made great suggestions that I felt really added to the quality and taste.
Foodwise, there is a little room for improvement. I got a spicy tuna and veggie brown rice bowl and the protein portion was very small (also could have been because I got it to go, but I’m unsure.) The quality of the tuna and veggies, and the array of sauces were also great. I’d recommend it if you’re in the mood for some Asian fusion that is quick and customizable, but not as a fine dining or high end experience. Overall, very good! Cheers to Unilocal for organizing too or else I would not have stopped in.

A unique experience of crafting your own Asian cuisine. I had the peanut noodle bowl with chicken and a side of the edamame salad. The vegetables in the bowl were crisp and fresh. The sauce was full of flavor and they put plenty on. It appears that they used a mix of white and dark meat for the chicken. The edamame salad had a great flavor and was loaded with corn, onions and peppers.
My only complaint would be the fact that the food was cold when we got to the table. I was here for the Unilocal event so I assume the large group of people caused the kitchen to rush the meals a bit. I would definitely come back to try it again.

Went for the free Unilocal event. Enso is an Asian fast food in the Chipolte style. You come in and pick a Sushi Roll or a stirfry bowl with rice or noodles. Then you go through the line and let them know what ingredients you want. I had a noodle bowl with shrimp and the Enso sauce. After picking out the ingredients they give it back to the kitchen to cook. Took about 5 minutes and then you get a very nice bowl of food. The cooking was just right, the noodles what I would describe as ramen style. The sauce was nice, could have a bit more flavor.
Also got to try the wasbi hummus with the wanton chips. The hummus was good with a prominent wasabi flavor, without burning your mouth. The wanton chips were fresh and very tasty.
The décor was modern industrial, which worked very well. Enso has potential; one suggestion is to add some broths so that they can do a ramen soup bowl.

Not bad, not good… just meh. Love the concept, don’t like the result as much as I thought I would.

Oh my nastiness. My husband and I had been wanting to try this for a while. I’m so so sorry that we finally did. Although I guess now we know…
We used the online ordering, which was very convenient. We each made our own bowl versus ordering the Chef Inspired dishes. I ordered lo mein with chicken, broccoli, carrots, asparagus, mushrooms, avocado and peanut sauce. The lo mein was literally spaghetti noodles. The asparagus was either picked too early or not fully cooked. It was stringy and tough. The avocado was definitely not fully ripened; my fork couldn’t cut it. Everything else, while it didn’t look bad, tasted CHARRED.
There are of course foods that I don’t like, and maybe I don’t care for the way something is prepared. This has to be in the top 10 (bottom 10?) worst meals ever.

I have eaten here once and for fast Sushi I didn’t have a problem with the food. This is a good alternative to picking up sushi at a local grocery store since you can actually create your own roll. Not restaurant quality, but good for what it is. The restaurant was clean, not crowded, and had easy seating.
I didn’t have a problem with the taste of their fish/​protein like other have commented. I actually prefer my sushi to not have much taste so I know it’s fresh. I am also not huge of covering my sushi in sauces and mayo, but I did try some of their spicy mayo which wasn’t bad. Although their sushi wasn’t bad, the best item on the menu was the wasabi hummus with wonton pita chips. Hummus seems odd with sushi, but surprisingly worked really well. Enso gives a great portion size of hummus/​chips for the price.
Overall pricing was what I expected, around $ 12 for sushi and hummus (no drink). Enso was fast and easy, but if you have the time to sit and wait you can get a better deal and quality with a lunch bento box at other local sit down sushi restaurants. I did not have their bowls, just sushi, so I can’t comment on that part of the menu.
I’ll be back to Enso if I need a quick sushi fix.

I’d probably rate Enso’s a 2.5, I agree with a number of the previous comments. I’m not going to pretend that I’m a sushi connoisseur, but I agree that the amount of protein is lacking. Additionally, all the ingredients in general were lacking flavor. I asked for spicy mayo on the inside of my roll and was informed that they couldn’t put sauces on the inside. I don’t understand why not. If you are looking for a quick fast food sushi place this place may satisfy your need, but I wouldn’t get your hopes up.

One of my new favorite go to spots when I want something fresh. I love their spicy tuna with the peanut sauce. The wasabi hummus could be sold in a bucket and I would buy it up. There was an issue with my order the first time I went and the manager was very generous to fix the situation as he did.
I definitely recommend this to someone who wants something fresh and customizable!